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New Bitcoin Benefit Plan Launched for Employees by Swan Bitcoin
6.5.2022
Swan Bitcoin, a Bitcoin-only fintech company, has introduced a new scheme to make Bitcoin purchases easier for employees. Named Bitcoin Benefit Plan, it will allow users to set a fixed and automated purchase of the digital asset every month. Surprisingly, several employers from the Los Angeles...
New Zealand VC Launches $5 Million Web3 and Crypto-Focused Fund
6.5.2022
New Zealand-based venture capital firm Global From Day 1 (GD1) recently said it had launched a $5 million Web3 and crypto-focused venture capital fund to back local startups. The fund will invest in pre-seed to Series A companies across decentralized finance (defi), decentralized autonomous...
Argentina’s central bank steps in to block new crypto offerings from banks
6.5.2022
Only four days have passed since two of Argentina’s biggest banks opened up to crypto trading but now the central bank has stepped in to block the offerings
Elon Musk Secures Funding From Crypto-Friendly Binance, Sequoia, Fidelity to Buy Twitter
6.5.2022
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk has secured $7.139 billion in new financing commitments to fund his acquisition of Twitter, including from several pro-crypto companies. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, for example, has committed to invest $500 million in the social media platform alongside Musk....
Katie Haun’s New Crypto Fund Leads $50M Raise for NFT Protocol Zora
5.5.2022
The funding round values the NFT tooling startup at $600 million
The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Is The Smartest, Silliest Game Of The Year
5.5.2022
The Stanley Parable was a cultural phenomenon. It was an overnight hit, turning its two primary developers, William Pugh and Davey Wreden, into indie millionaires, almost driving them apart, and feeling like an ending to the so-called Indiepocalypse of the preceding few years. But this was 2013...
Hangar 13 Bosses Leave, New Mafia In Development
5.5.2022
Hangar 13 studio head Haden Blackman is leaving the Mafia III maker after seven years, 2K Games announced Wednesday. The publisher wrote in an email to staff that the former LucasArts veteran is going to “pursue his passion at a new endeavor.” Kotaku understands that the move comes with a new Mafia...
Bitcoin celebrates halfway to the halving with new hash rate record
5.5.2022
The Bitcoin hash rate hit another all-time high and the 105,000th block since the last halving was mined, marking the halfway to the next halving
After Binance Secures French License, New Hires Underway, Hopes for New Permits
5.5.2022
After securing the right to offer its services in the French market, major crypto exchange Binance plans to hire up to 250 employees in France and hopes this new license will help expand in other markets too.
The latest development marks the first time the platform secures such permission from...
New crypto litigation tracker highlights 300 cases from SafeMoon to Pepe the Frog
5.5.2022
The SEC, CFTC and DOJ have seven cases either resolved or ongoing this year, with the litigation against husband-wife duo Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan being the most high profile
Shiba Inu has a new use case — Buying land in SHIB: The Metaverse
5.5.2022
Memecoin Shiba Inu can officially be used to purchase land in the SHIB Metaverse using the native SHIB token, as the development team continues to provide utility for holders
I Like Bandai Namco's New Logo
5.5.2022
Last year, Japanese publisher Bandai Namco announced that it was doing away with its logo, the same one it had used since the two formerly separate companies had merged all the way back in 2006.Read more
Halo Infinite’s New Arena Map Actually Feels Like A Halo Map
4.5.2022
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Now New York City Is Suing Activision Blizzard
4.5.2022
Activision Blizzard is facing (what feels like) its 8,583,129th lawsuit, as first reported by Axios. This one’s from New York City, and alleges that longtime CEO Bobby Kotick raced to find a buyer for the mega-publisher he has been leading for 30 years to explicitly avoid consequences for turning...
New Service Allows You to Get Tipped in Bitcoin to Read Email
4.5.2022
As some estimates indicate that more than 333bn emails are sent every day, a new service, Reacher, aims to allow its users to get paid in bitcoin (BTC) to be reached, and potentially filter out a major share of their spam.
The project presents its functionality in five steps:
Reacher is...
Ethereum eyes mini breakout above $3K as Coinbase ETH outflows hit new record
4.5.2022
Macro headwinds continue to hamper Ethereum's long-term upside prospects
South Korea's new president delays crypto taxes in favor of consumer protections
4.5.2022
The country’s president elect is proving his crypto savvy by declaring there will be no tax on crypto investment gains until legislation can ensure consumer protections
Bitcoin and Ethereum Test New Lows, FXS Accelerates
4.5.2022
Bitcoin price failed to clear the USD 39,000 resistance level and started another decline, moving below USD 38,000. It is currently (04:09 UTC) trading near USD 38,100 again but it still might slide below USD 37,500. BTC is down 1% in a day and is unchanged in a week....
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Wisdomtree: Crypto Is a New Asset Class That People Can’t Ignore
4.5.2022
An executive at Wisdomtree, an asset management firm with $78 billion under management, says that “Cryptocurrencies have firmly established themselves as a new asset class and it truly is something that people can’t ignore.” He added: “We are past the point where there...
Belgium Introduces Registration for Crypto Exchange and Wallet Service Providers
3.5.2022
Authorities in Belgium have obliged providers of some crypto exchange and wallet services to register with the country’s financial watchdog. Targeted platforms that fail to comply with the new regulations will face fines, among other penalties, including prohibition to carry out their...